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The FBI is probing hacking attempts — purportedly by — against the and campaigns in recent months, according to a report. Donald Trump's campaign said it was after Politico received a "dossier on " from an anonymous account, the news agency reported Saturday. Politico reporter Alex Isenstadt flagged the news on social media, saying, "Trump's campaign says it has been hacked." "The acknowledgment came after POLITICO began receiving emails from an anonymous account with documents from inside Trump’s operation, including a dossier on ," Isenstadt wrote Saturday. On Monday, The...

The White House condemned the reported hacking of the Trump campaign by Iran, though it was short of details on how it will prevent future attacks targeting presidential campaigns. “This administration strongly condemns any foreign government or entity who attempts to interfere in our electoral process or seeks to undermine confidence in our democratic institution,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told the Washington Examiner. Trump’s campaign announced over the weekend that it had fallen victim to foreign hackers, believed to be from Iran.

The hack was first reported by Politico, which said it had begun receiving emails in July containing internal Trump campaign documents from an anonymous account. Those files, released over the course of a few weeks, included a dossier on Senator JD Vance, Trump’s vice presidential pick, according to the report. “Nevertheless, they shouldn’t be doing anything of this nature,” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social network on Saturday. “Iran and others will stop at nothing, because our Government is Weak and Ineffective, but it won’t be for...

Trump Campaign Hacked, Microsoft Says Iran-Backed Group "Mint Sandstorm" Responsible Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Microsoft’s cyber threat assessment unit said on Aug. 9 that a high-ranking official on a U.S. presidential campaign had been hacked by an Iran-backed group, with the Trump campaign later revealing that it had been the target of a cyber attack and linked the breach to “foreign sources hostile to the United States.” The report from the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center (MTAC) indicates that an Iranian group called Mint Sandstorm...

The Trump campaign said it had been hacked, and a Microsoft report reveals an Iran-backed group targeted a high-ranking presidential campaign official. Microsoft’s cyber threat assessment unit said on Aug. 9 that a high-ranking official on a U.S. presidential campaign had been hacked by an Iran-backed group, with the Trump campaign later revealing that it had been the target of a cyber attack and linked the breach to “foreign sources hostile to the United States.” “Mint Sandstorm similarly targeted a presidential campaign in May and June 2020 five to six...

Microsoft cybersecurity researchers published a report on Friday that said hackers tied to the Iranian government are attacking U.S. officials during the American presidential campaign. The Microsoft report comes after U.S. intelligence officials said Iran is increasing its use of social media to exacerbate political discord as the election approaches. WATCH — Top House Armed Services Dem: We Have “Adequate Deterrent” in Middle East, but Iran Turned Terrorists “Loose”: Microsoft’s report said Russia is still a major player in “foreign malign influence concerning the 2024 U.S.